Breezing in from Baltimore, newly formed trio Thee Windows have announced their debut album 'Margin of Error' — set to arrive on October 14th.

Today they’ve also unlatched the LP’s opening track and lead single “40 Degrees of Separation”. Now premiering at The Big Takeover, it’s a parachute of indie rock that lands near Pavement, Built To Spill, and Broken Social Scene.

Thee Windows started as guitarist and songwriter Dustin O’Keefe’s bedroom project Dusty Tupelo. Having played in various New Orleans-based bands throughout the 2010s (notably opening for Bully, Homeshake, and Pinegrove), he relocated to Maryland in 2018. There he enlisted bassist Keegan Gore and drummer Chris Birch of the Victory Records signed math-rock quartet The Junior Varsity to round out the lineup. 

Perhaps influenced by the colder weather of Baltimore compared to south Louisiana, or maybe the energy of the collaborative process, the new songs had a certain edge that was missing before. As the group’s writing and recording process progressed, the sound morphed from drum-machine and synth based experimentation into straight up indie-rock with nods to shoegaze, emo, folk, and post-punk. 

Check out “40 Degrees of Separation” below, and stay tuned for more from the group in the coming weeks ahead.